I thought I'd share this as it reaches deep down into me and touches my soul.....
AFTER A WHILE by Veronica A. Shoffstall
After a while you learn The subtle difference between Holding a hand And chaining a soul And you learn That love doesn't mean learning And company doesn't always mean security And you begin to learn That kisses aren't contracts And presents aren't promises And you begin to accept Your defeats with your head up And your eyes ahead With the grace of a woman Not the grief of a child And you learn To build all your roads on today Because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain for plans And futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight After a while you learn That even sunshine burns if you ask too much So you plant your own garden And decorate your own soul Instead of waiting For someone to bring you flowers And you learn That you really can endure That you really are strong And you really do have worth And you learn And you learn With every good-bye You learn.
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"Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that we might have achieved, of all the gifts which we have wasted, of all that we might have done which we did not do" ~~Gian Carlo Menotti~~
